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English noun: maternity | |||
| 1. | maternity (state) the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus | ||
| Synonyms | gestation, pregnancy | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | eccyesis, ectopic gestation, ectopic pregnancy, entopic pregnancy, extrauterine gestation, extrauterine pregnancy, gravida, gravidation, gravidity, gravidness, metacyesis, para, parity, placenta previa, trouble | ||
| Part holonym | childbed, cleavage, confinement, labor, labour, lying-in, morning sickness, parturiency, quickening, segmentation, travail | ||
| Domain category members | amnio, amniocentesis, endometrium, fetal movement, foetal movement, phlebothrombosis, stretch mark, venous thrombosis | ||
| 2. | maternity the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother | ||
| Synonyms | motherhood | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | family relationship, kinship, relationship | ||
| 3. | maternity (attribute) the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother | ||
| Samples | The girl's motherliness made her invaluable in caring for the children. | ||
| Synonyms | maternal quality, maternalism, motherliness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | parental quality | ||
| Attribute | maternal | ||
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